Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

A quarter of an hour later, the five had flown over seven hundred miles. No sandstorms appeared. Zhang Yuanjing also failed to shake off the four pursuers, maintaining a distance of only sixty or seventy yards from Xun Youshan.

However, after an hour, Xun Youshan's advantage in escape techniques gradually became apparent. Without Zhang Yuanjing noticing, he steadily closed the gap, soon reaching within fifty yards.

At this distance, if Xun Youshan attacked, he could arrive almost instantly. However, perhaps wary of Zhang Yuanjing's strong defensive magical treasures and concerned that he might withstand the attack and flee, he did not rush to attack, but continued to pursue.

Zhang Yuanjing, with someone hot on his heels, was also somewhat annoyed, repeatedly considering releasing Ape Thirteen and the Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast to fight the four.

However, on second thought, he suspected that their elaborate scheme likely concealed some dangerous backup plans. Moreover, Xun Youshan gave him a very dangerous feeling, possessing a similar aura to that of Li Youlin. If he could avoid engaging, it was best to do so.

Therefore, he decreased his flying altitude, gradually approaching the ground.

Seeing this, Xun Youshan behind him let out a long whistle, further increasing his speed. He also launched three jet-black scimitars, flying towards Zhang Yuanjing's lower body.

Zhang Yuanjing waved the Thick Earth Spell Sword in his hand, first using an Earth Defense to block the three scimitars, followed by a sandstorm to obscure his rear. Amidst the swirling sand, a rustling sound could be heard from behind, like a sudden rain falling on the ground.

Ignoring it, he dropped straight down, plunging into the sand and gravel, quickly descending. After passing through about a hundred yards of sandy soil, he entered hard earth.

He did not stop, continuing to sink until he reached a depth of over two hundred yards, then stopped, extending his divine sense to probe upwards.

Core Formation cultivators, depending on the strength of their divine sense, could usually probe no more than two hundred yards into the ground.

Zhang Yuanjing, having cultivated the Earth Severing Art, was less affected by the soil layers, allowing his divine sense to probe a greater range in the earth than cultivators of the same realm.

Zhang Yuanjing extended his divine sense out of the ground, but did not directly focus on Xun Youshan and the three demonic cultivators, instead attaching it to a rock.

Even so, he could clearly sense that Xun Youshan and the three demonic cultivators were standing somewhere, whispering to each other.

After waiting for half an hour, the four remained standing still above. Another half an hour passed, and the four remained unchanged.

Zhang Yuanjing then began to move, choosing a direction opposite to where the four had ambushed him, and quickly tunneling away.

After an hour, having traveled about fifteen hundred miles, and sensing no demonic cultivators or other dangers above, he stopped and emerged from the ground.

Standing alone in the dim and cold Gobi Desert, a sense of desolation welled up in his heart. The world was vast, and even a mid-stage Core Formation cultivator like him experienced a moment of distraction, as if lost in confusion, not knowing where to go.

Just as he was about to fly away on his sword, he suddenly heard the sound of clothes fluttering in the wind not far behind him. Turning his head, he saw Xun Youshan and the three demonic cultivators flying up from a sand pit a hundred yards behind him, pouncing on him like vicious eagles.

Surprised and suspicious, Zhang Yuanjing quickly cast an earth escape spell, plunging into the ground again.

This time, he did not linger in the earth, but directly descended to a depth of three hundred and fifty yards, then continued to tunnel in the chosen direction.

About two hours later, he emerged from the ground again. But this time, Xun Youshan and the four others still accurately pinpointed his location, and, relying on some secret technique or strange object to conceal their aura, evaded his divine sense detection and launched a surprise attack on him.

The two sides were very close, less than thirty yards apart.

Xun Youshan waved his hand, throwing out a jet-black flying dragon stone statue. In an instant, countless demonic shadows surrounded him. Each layer of demonic shadow was blood-red, its face twisted and ferocious, its fangs bared and claws outstretched. As soon as they appeared, they exerted tremendous pressure on his divine sense.

This momentum was even greater than the demonic shadows transformed by Zhou Qiwen sacrificing himself as a talisman.

In his haste, Zhang Yuanjing had no time to respond, and had to use his divine will to communicate with the Zhang Umbrella, allowing it to release its protective power, blocking these demonic shadows for a moment, and taking the opportunity to quickly plunge into the ground.

"Eh!" Xun Youshan was both surprised and suspicious, and asked the other three, "How could he break through the power of the divine statue! What kind of magic treasure did he use just now, did you see it clearly?"

The three all shook their heads.

The Refined Yang Umbrella did not appear, but only released a little power, which was immediately withdrawn. Therefore, although the four demonic cultivators felt something was wrong, they did not know what was happening.

Xun Youshan's expression was a little dignified. After pondering for a moment, he suddenly resolutely said to one person: "This person has a lot of tricks up his sleeve, and he is not easy to deal with. Send a message to the rear, let the wolf riders rush over as soon as possible, and try to force this person out of the earth. I will fight him to the death!"

This person hesitated for a moment, and seeing Xun Youshan's attitude was very firm, he nodded, took out a sound transmission device from his storage bracelet, and said a few words into it.

Zhang Yuanjing tunneled into the ground, his heart full of doubts. The power contained in the black stone statue seemed to exceed the Saint Core realm. Its shape was like a dragon, perhaps it was the Candle Dragon enshrined by the Candle God Sect. If so, this Xun Youshan may not be a member of the Right Divine Envoy, but instead has a secret relationship with the Left Divine Envoy.

Zhang Yuanjing used Dan fire to burn himself inside and out, making sure that there was nothing on his body that could be tracked by his opponent, before using the earth escape technique to travel quickly.

However, no matter which direction he went, Xun Youshan and the four others could always catch up. He even increased his diving depth to more than six hundred yards, but still could not escape the four's tracking. This shows that these four must have a magic treasure that can detect movements deep underground from the surface.

This made him a little difficult. Using the earth escape technique to tunnel underground was much slower than in the air, and consumed several times more energy. Continuing to consume in this way was obviously not sustainable.

However, the other party must not dare to delay for too long if they have set up means in the territory of the Northern Third Altar. He had the Refined Yang Umbrella in hand, and was already in an invincible position. He wanted to see how many days the other party could endure, and what other backup plans they had.

So, he simply stopped in one place, hiding two hundred yards underground, and stopped moving.

After waiting for half a day, seeing that Zhang Yuanjing no longer escaped, Xun Youshan and the four others directly landed above where Zhang Yuanjing was hiding.

Xun Youshan took out a beast skin bag, poured it on the ground, and released hundreds of scorpion-like poisonous insects. He grabbed a handful of powder, sprinkled it on these poisonous insects, and then issued rapid instructions in his mouth. These poisonous insects burrowed into the ground, surrounding Zhang Yuanjing.

Zhang Yuanjing swept his divine sense over and saw that these poisonous insects were only in the Foundation Establishment realm, but the venom flowing on their bodies corroded deep marks in the sand and soil.

If he were on the ground, he could wipe out these poisonous insects with a wave of his hand. But underground, it was inconvenient to cast spells, and the venom looked very dangerous. If it was sprinkled on the soil around him, it would also be a threat to his use of earth escape techniques.

So, he tunneled downwards, first observing at three hundred yards, and when these poisonous insects also followed, he continued to sink until he approached five hundred yards. The poisonous insects could not withstand the pressure of the earth, and stopped in the soil tens of yards above him, moving back and forth, spreading the venom everywhere.

Zhang Yuanjing then tunneled out several miles and rested in the shallow soil.

Xun Youshan and the four others quickly chased after him again, still using the same trick of releasing demonic insects. Zhang Yuanjing's response was the same as last time.

After two hours of maneuvering, a rumbling sound of beasts galloping came from behind, and the yellow sand filled the sky, covering the sky and the sun.

Seeing that Xun Youshan and the others were not flustered and still unhurried, Zhang Yuanjing knew that the newcomers were likely the other party's reinforcements, so he quickly tunneled away into the distance.

After traveling thousands of miles, Xun Youshan and the four others chased after him, and the galloping yellow sand fell behind, and could not be seen for a while.

At one moment, Zhang Yuanjing suddenly felt the Yin-Yang Creation Cauldron in his storage bracelet move. At first, he didn't care, but later, the more he went forward, the more times the cauldron vibrated.

A thought flashed in his mind, and he remembered the task of destroying the demonic insects. Could it be that this direction was where the demonic insect area was located?

Previously, the demonic cultivator "Lin Huan" he had captured mentioned that the demonic insects were obtained from the Dragon Break Mountain in the desolate dead zone. This Gobi Desert seemed to have no mountains within tens of thousands of miles.

One day later, Zhang Yuanjing entered a sinkhole. The Yin-Yang Creation Furnace in the storage bracelet vibrated violently, even impatiently wanting to rush out.

So, he stopped here and looked around. This place was definitely not a mountain, but it was likely closely related to the so-called "demonic insect area", or this place was the demonic insect area.

This sinkhole covers an area of thousands of yards, and the center position is about ten yards lower than the surrounding Gobi Desert. The downward slope is very obvious.

Generally speaking, sinkholes are often related to earth fire, usually caused by earth fire eruptions leading to ground subsidence. Earth fire is extremely dangerous, and if you are trapped in it, you will hardly save your life. And the probability of earth fire erupting where the sinkhole is located is far greater than in other places.

Zhang Yuanjing suddenly stopped in the soil layer below the sinkhole, which undoubtedly made the four demonic cultivators chasing behind him a little suspicious.

These four of course knew the power of earth fire, and all stopped outside the sinkhole, not coming inside.

Xun Youshan asked the previous person to send a message to the rear, ordering the wolf riders to stop a hundred miles away, and then still took out the skin bag, preparing to release the poisonous insects.

Seeing this, Zhang Yuanjing suddenly drilled out of the ground, sat cross-legged in the center of the sinkhole, and recovered his mana and stamina. At the same time, it was also a provocation.

Xun Youshan hesitated for a moment, and finally couldn't help but lead the three demonic cultivators to rush towards Zhang Yuanjing on their swords. When they approached within a hundred yards, Zhang Yuanjing, who had been prepared, turned over and disappeared into the sand.

Xun Youshan's face was gloomy. He opened the skin bag where Zhang Yuanjing was sitting and released hundreds of poisonous insects, urging them to burrow into the ground.

However, the four of them did not leave immediately. Because, if Zhang Yuanjing changed a place to drill out of the ground, once those poisonous insects followed out, they would not be Zhang Yuanjing's opponents at all.

A demonic cultivator said to Xun Youshan: "Master Xun, earth fire eruptions always have some signs, and we can avoid them in time. Why don't we stay here and guard!"

Another demonic cultivator objected: "Brother, don't think that this sinkhole is only a thousand yards wide and think that earth fire will only erupt from here. When earth fire rages, I'm afraid the coverage area will exceed five times, or even ten times! At that time, it will be too late to escape!"

Xun Youshan frowned slightly and said in a deep voice: "Don't underestimate earth fire at any time. The three of you go outside first!"

The three looked at each other, did not dare to say more, and quickly exited the sinkhole.

Seeing Xun Youshan guarding above, Zhang Yuanjing moved to the other side of the sinkhole. Xun Youshan naturally moved with him and released the poisonous insects again.

After maneuvering for two hours, the Yin-Yang Creation Furnace in the storage bracelet became more and more irritable, seeming to want to rush towards somewhere below.

Zhang Yuanjing knew that this place must be the entrance to the demonic insect area, so he no longer hesitated, and with a thought, released the furnace.

The moment the Yin-Yang Creation Furnace came out, there was a loud bang from the soil, followed by crackling sounds, like thousands of horses galloping, and countless large and small stones and gravel burst into the air, flying randomly in the sky.

Xun Youshan quickly ascended, while ordering the other three to disperse in all directions to avoid the stones and gravel rushing into the sky.

When he looked down, he saw that the place where he was standing had been reduced to a bottomless pit, and a large stream of green smoke shot straight up from the soil, turning into a cloud of fire in the sunlight.

Then, dozens of yards of flames spewed out from the ground, and the mud and stones were liquefied by the fire, splashing and rolling, burning into a piece on the ground and in the air.

He knew that Zhang Yuanjing, who was hiding in the ground, was bound to die, and his heart was certain, but he was filled with strong disappointment. This time, he used the Candle Dragon Divine Statue that he had finally obtained, but he failed to capture this enemy alive, and even failed to grab his storage bracelet. It was a pity for that powerful demonic plant!

He mobilized all his mana and desperately fled outwards.

With another loud bang, countless tongues of fire rose from the surrounding dozens of miles, burning the sky into blood red, and the rolling heat waves rushed straight into the sky, intersecting with the spiritual energy in the sky, countless electric lights flickered, and black smoke filled the air, the whole world was like hell.

Xun Youshan and the four others who were fleeing desperately, like a sampan in a tsunami, were swept away by the fire wave, and turned into ashes, disappearing silently into the world.

A quarter of an hour later, the fire wave receded, and the original sinkhole became a large sand pool.

The sand and stones rolled, revealing a huge stone, about dozens of yards in size, covered with holes the size of dragon eyes, with unknown insects and beasts coming in and out, which was extremely strange.